Product Updates

YuJa Panorama v26.6.0

Over the next few weeks, YuJa Panorama will be adding enhancements to the PDF remediation engine, a new Admin Accessibility Dashboard, new alternative formats, and so much more.

1. Discover How YuJa Panorama is Helping Your Institution Improve Accessibility Using the New Admin Accessibility Dashboard

   Administrators now have access to a new Admin Accessibility Dashboard in YuJa Panorama that shows them how YuJa Panorama has helped them improve the accessibility of their LMS content. By leveraging data like accessibility score improvements from the previous year, enhancements made to various LMS assets, and the type of remediation workflow utilized, administrators can immediately identify pain points for their students and staff and curate targeted efforts to fix gaps in their workflows.

   

2. Convert Scanned and Untagged PDFs into Accessible Microsoft Word Documents Using YuJa Panorama’s Advanced OCR and Document Construction Engines

   Users can now convert their scanned and untagged PDF documents into accessible Microsoft Word DOCX documents using YuJa Panorama’s Alternative Formats menu, allowing them to start making edits immediately to their file that was previously in an uneditable format.

   

3. Scan and Remediate Your Google Workspace Documents Directly in YuJa Panorama

   Users can now scan and remediate any documents from their Google Workspace, including Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets, directly in YuJa Panorama. Users can choose from a range of automated and manual remediation options, and YuJa Panorama will automatically replace the document file with the remediated version in their Google Workspace without needing any manual re-uploads. Note: This is an add-on module at an additional cost to YuJa Panorama.

   

4. Fix Accessibility Issues in Corrupted PDFs Quickly with Automated Remediation

   YuJa Panorama now supports automated remediation for some corrupted PDFs using YuJa AutoPilot, helping users repair a corrupted PDF before they can use YuJa Panorama’s Remediation Engine to address any additional accessibility concerns. Please note that if the PDF is fundamentally broken or invalid, it cannot be repaired.

   

5. New Icons in Version History Help Instructors Identify All Remediation Methods Applied to Their Documents

   The Accessibility Report version history now features a new set of icons that clearly indicates whether a specific document version was created through YuJa Autopilot, guided remediation, or other manual remediation workflows. This helps instructors quickly distinguish whether remediation changes were generated automatically or edited manually, helping them identify any pain points and prioritizations that would streamline their remediation processes.

   

6. Refresh Course Information at Any Time Using the New Refresh Course Information Button

   Instructors can now use the Refresh Course Information button located in their Course Settings to automatically sync their course name, term, and sub-account information with their LMS at any time, without waiting for YuJa Panorama’s automatic daily syncs. This will speed up the synchronization process, and allow any changes to be reflected immediately in the YuJa Panorama portal.

   

7. Evaluate Institutional Accessibility Compliance More Accurately Using More Precise Accessibility Scores

   All accessibility scores in YuJa Panorama have been enhanced to display one rounded decimal point instead of a whole number, helping faculty gain a more accurate reflection of the accessibility compliance of their documents.

   

8. New PDF Issue Checkers Now Available in YuJa Panorama’s Accessibility Report

   Several new checkers for PDF issues have been added to the YuJa Panorama Accessibility Report, helping users identify a larger number of accessibility concerns. Please note that users must have YuJa Structural Remediation in order to remediate the following issues. New updates include:

   • Form fields missing text descriptions: Form fields without any tooltips or explicit labels will be flagged.

   • Missing table content issue: Tables without any body content or have the wrong structure will be flagged.

   • PDF titles from XMP metadata: YuJa Panorama will no longer flag PDFs that store title attributes in XMP metadata and will mark them as compliant when title attributes are discovered.



9. Download Roster Data as Spreadsheets for Documentation or Further Analysis

   Users can now export their roster into CSV or Excel formats. This can be easily done by clicking the Download Roster button in the user’s Roster Management tab under Configuration.

   

10. Gain Monthly Usage Insights for YuJa Intellio and YuJa SmartSpeaker

    Users using YuJa Intellio and YuJa SmartSpeaker will now be receiving monthly reports that highlight platform usage, key insights, and important metrics across their institution. Users can review their report at any time in their YuJa Panorama portal, and can also export the report with a simple button.

    

11. Sync File Deletions with Your Course Report Without Using the Reprocess Course Button

    Going forward, users no longer need to click the Reprocess Course button in their Course Report to visually validate that their course files have been removed from the LMS, significantly reducing any anxiety or confusion around the workflow. All file deletions in the LMS will be automatically reflected live in the Course Report immediately after the action is completed. To sync other course data, users can still use the Reprocess Course button, which has been relocated to the Settings page.

12. Upload Documents to DocHub Faster Via API

    Administrators can now upload documents to the DocHub libraries of users in their roster more easily using API calls. This will help users upload files to their DocHub outside of the LMS using their own custom workflows.

In the coming weeks, the YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform will release a new DocHub Report, optimized workflows for issue remediation in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, the ability to exclude terms from LMS Reports, and additional enhancements that simplify the management of LMS accessibility.

1. Leverage the New DocHub Report to Gain Accessibility Insights on Your DocHub Files

   YuJa Panorama will now generate a new DocHub Report that details the overall accessibility score of a user’s DocHub library and their most popular downloads. The report provides date and account filters, allowing users to narrow the report scope to reflect the information they need most. Admins can also view each user’s DocHub usage within the report to help get a sense of storage usage across their organization.

   

2. View How Your Institution’s Accessibility Is Improving, Directly From Your Inbox

   Users can now sign up to receive periodic emails summarizing all the YuJa Panorama Reports they’ve exported in a given period, removing the need to navigate between multiple emails. Users can choose to receive emails automatically on a recurring schedule:

   • Daily: A default RTMP stream session is now automatically added in YuJa Lumina when an institution has no existing streams, allowing instructors to start a session directly without needing to create a new stream.

   • Weekly: An email will be sent every Monday, covering the exported reports from the start of the month to the current day.

   • Monthly: An email will be sent on the first day of the month, covering the exported reports from the previous month.



3. Optimize Issue Remediation in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and LMS WYSIWYG Editors Using the Redesigned Accessibility Report

   The Microsoft Office 365 Add-in and LMS WYSIWYG Editor will update their Accessibility Report to feature a streamlined interface that offers intuitive access to essential remediation workflows, such as guided remediation with suggestions and AI-powered YuJa AutoPilot suggestions. With its sleek new interface, the Accessibility Report helps users quickly identify and prioritize the most critical accessibility issues within their documents.

   

4. Ensure Your Institution’s Accessibility Score Is Up-to-Date by Excluding Previous and Prospective Terms from Scans

   Administrators can now choose to omit previous and future terms from their scope settings to prevent courses in these terms from impacting the overall accessibility score of the institution. By excluding specific terms, administrators can ensure that their accessibility scores accurately reflect the current state of their institutions’ LMS content.

   

5. Track Accessibility Improvements Through a Document’s Complete Version History

   Users will now retain full access to their document’s version history, even after reprocessing a course, allowing them to track historic changes in document accessibility and restore previous versions. In the Version History panel, users will see their most up-to-date document marked as “Current” and previous versions included in prior course processing marked as “Archived” with precise timestamps to help identify the version.

   

6. Improve the Alignment of YuJa Panorama’s Issue Flags with Your Institution’s Compliance Goals

   When an institution configures its Scoring Model, users will now be able to select what standards the platform should use to run accessibility checks. For institutions focusing on achieving WCAG compliance, this breakdown will help clearly delineate which issue flags should be prioritized. This breakdown can also be used to create customized issue severity levels that more accurately reflect an institution’s accessibility goals.

   Institutions will be able to choose from the following three standards:

   • Essential: Includes checks that only align with WCAG guidelines.

   • Recommended: Includes all checks that align with WCAG guidelines and core accessibility best practices.

   • Comprehensive: Includes all checks that align with WCAG guidelines and all accessibility best practices.

Over the coming weeks, the YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform will introduce a series of new enhancements designed to further streamline document remediation workflows, expand platform interoperability through PowerSchool LMS integration, provide unlimited usage for select Panorama modules, and deliver additional capabilities that strengthen accessibility management and compliance initiatives.

1. Experience Streamlined Remediation Workflows Using the Redesigned Accessibility Report

   The Accessibility Report now features a streamlined interface that provides users with more intuitive access to key remediation options, including AutoPilot AI-powered fix suggestions, escalation to YuJa Accessibility Experts for complex documents, and advanced modifications through the Structural Remediation Max module. With its new minimalist design, the Accessibility Report helps users quickly identify and prioritize the most critical accessibility issues within their documents. The redesigned Accessibility Report features:

   The redesigned Accessibility Report features:

   • Optimized Issue Remediation Workflows: All available remediation workflows offered by YuJa Panorama, including Full-Circle Inline Remediation, AutoPilot AI Remediation, Structural Remediation, and DocAssist Remediation, are now consolidated into one menu where users can select the most appropriate workflow for their document.

     

   • At-a-Glance Prioritized Issues: When opening the Accessibility Report, the Issues panel will automatically show the most common issues in the document so that users can instantly understand which accessibility issues are most pressing.

     

   • Comprehensive Guided Remediation: Easily remediate common accessibility issues with the Accessibility Report’s guided remediation suggestions. Understand the issue and take simple steps to resolve it in seconds, significantly speeding up the remediation workflow.

     

2. YuJa Panorama Now Integrates with the PowerSchool LMS

   YuJa Panorama now integrates seamlessly with the PowerSchool Learning Management System (LMS), providing K-12 institutions with enhanced accessibility and digital compliance capabilities directly within their learning environment. Through the integration, PowerSchool users can access Panorama’s core accessibility tools, including Accessibility Reports, Alternative Formats, and Full-Circle Inline Remediation, while also leveraging advanced modules such as Structural Remediation and AutoPilot AI-powered remediation to streamline accessibility workflows.

   

3. Scale Accessibility Remediation with Unlimited AI-Powered Workflows in YuJa Panorama

   Institutions can now scale accessibility remediation efforts more efficiently with new unlimited usage options for YuJa Panorama’s AutoPilot, Structural Remediation, and SmartSpeaker modules. The upgraded licensing model removes traditional credit limits and user restrictions, enabling institutions to expand AI-powered remediation workflows across significantly larger volumes of content without interruption or incremental credit consumption. Please note that Course AutoPilot credits are not included as part of Unlimited AutoPilot access.

   

4. Improved Support for Remediating Table Issues in DOCX

   Users of YuJa Panorama can now use Full-Circle Inline Remediation to add captions to tables. With this new remediation workflow, users will be able to provide captions that can help users with assistive technologies find, navigate, and understand tables.

   

5. Instantly View the Total Number of Files Remediated in Course Reports

   Course Reports now contain an extra data card that displays the total number of files remediated in the course. This data card saves instructors from manually calculating the number of files remediated, reducing the risk of miscalculation and offering information at first sight instead.

   

6. Audit Logs Now Track The Success of Document Substitutions

   The capability to log information on the success and failure of document substitutions has been added to Panorama’s audit logs. In the Activity History panel, instructors and administrators can now easily confirm whether a file replacement was successful and gain insight into how often files are being replaced within their LMS.

   

7. Improved Accuracy for Inline Remediation in Microsoft PowerPoint Documents

   Enhancements to YuJa Panorama’s Remediation Engines have improved the identification and resolution of issues within PPTX documents. With these engine improvements, the Accessibility Report will provide more precise flagging and increased accuracy when performing fixes.

Over the next few weeks, YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform will be releasing a new layout for course reports, embedded accessibility status banners on your course homepage, the ability to upload custom accessibility icons, and more.

1. New Embedded Banner Provides Instant Insight on Accessibility Issues Directly From Your Course Homepage

   Institutions can now enable an Embedded Banner for their course homepage, which will provide instructors with an overall accessibility score for the course and allow them to launch quick remediation. These new, optional banners allow instructors to gain an instant overview of how accessible their courses are and simplifies the course remediation process by providing users with faster, easier access to Panorama’s remediation tools.

   
2. Redesigned Reports For Easier Navigation to Key Information

   All of Panorama’s Reports have been redesigned with a new tab structure to make navigating between data easier. The new report design reduces the amount of scrolling needed to view the full scope of information and allows users to quickly switch between viewing different sections. With YuJa Panorama’s new report structure, obtaining critical data has never been easier.

   
3. YuJa Panorama Now Identifies Inaccessible Panopto Video Content

   YuJa Panorama can now identify inaccessible content found in external videos hosted by Panopto via our new Panopto Video Integration. Once the integration is enabled, the platform will be able to identify and flag any Panopto Videos in the WYSIWYG editor that are missing captions. By flagging videos without captions, YuJa Panorama helps instructors maintain accessibility standards and ensure all students have equal access to course content. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

   
4. Admins Can Now Optionally Allow Students to Perform Inline Remediation in DocHub

   Administrators can now enable permissions for students to perform inline remediation on their own documents in DocHub. When enabled in Global Settings, students in DocHub will be able to open accessibility reports and perform inline remediation in their documents. By allowing students to perform inline remediation for accessibility issues, students can get into the practice of creating fully accessible documents that reflect their institution’s accessibility standards and goals.

   
5. Upload Accessibility Icons To Match Your Branding Needs

   Administrators can now upload custom icons for Accessibility Scores, Alternative Formats, and File Processing icons. With these expanded Branding Settings, administrators will have greater flexibility in customizing icons to match their institution’s preferences.

   
6. Custom Non-Descriptive Text Checks Will Be Expanded to Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel Documents

   YuJa Panorama will now detect custom non-descriptive text issues in PPTX, DOCX, and XLSX documents, such as “for more information, click here” or “read more.” These checks help ensure that all links provide meaningful context for screen reader users, extending accessibility check coverage previously available only for other document types.

   
7. Instantly Reset Customized Issue Severity Levels to Default WCAG Aligned Severity Levels

   Users can now easily reset their customized issue severity levels back to Panorama’s WCAG-aligned default scoring. Whether it’s the start of a new term or your institution has decided to change the way accessibility issues are flagged, resetting the severity flags for issues can now be completed in seconds, with one click.

   
8. Allow Instructors to Manually Dismiss Issues In Specific Courses

   Institutions can now map the Content Developer role to the Panorama Instructor role. This lets designers improve course accessibility just like instructors, without granting access to admin reports or institution-level settings, and eliminates the need to enroll them as teachers in hundreds of courses. The result is a streamlined workflow, secure role management, and faster accessibility improvements across courses.

   
9. Toggle the Visibility of Accessibility Scores To Help Instructors Focus On Issues Instead of Numbers

   Administrators can now hide Accessibility Scores from Course Reports and document Accessibility Scores from instructors to ensure that only administrators have access to Accessibility Score data. This will allow instructors to focus on accessibility issues rather than on numerical scores. When the Show Accessibility Scores to Instructors setting is disabled, instructors retain full access to Accessibility Reports and remediation tools, but cannot view any accessibility scores.

   
10. Toggle the Ability to Check for Missing Title Issues in HTML Files to Improve Screen Readability

    Users can now enable Panorama to flag missing title issues in HTML files and provides suggested fixes for inline remediation. By accurately flagging Missing Title issues in HTML files, Panorama helps ensure that HTML files are fully screen-readable.

    
11. Gain Better Visibility of User Activity with New LTI Logs

    Panorama will now log LTI activity in Integration Settings for better visibility into successful and failed LTI launches. Each log item can be expanded for full sign-in details, providing administrators and IT personnel with in-depth debugging information.

    

Over the next few weeks, YuJa Panorama LMS Accessibility Platform will be adding new features that allow users to make compliant video content, gain clear visibility into credit usage, easily apply settings across courses, and more.

1. Make LMS Videos Accessible Using the New Video Compliance Player

   Panorama’s new Video Compliance Player allows users to embed videos into their LMSs with an extensive toolset of accessibility features such as captioning, enhanced audio descriptions, and video chaptering. This appears in a dedicated Video Compliance tab in the sidebar, seamlessly integrating into Panorama workflows. Users can embed third-party content effortlessly without sacrificing captions or compliance features, providing an accessible and inclusive viewing experience for all learners. The Video Compliance Player comes with 5 hours of free credits every month, with additional credits available for purchase.

   

   Key features include:

   • Automatic Captioning: Effortlessly add captions to video content, ensuring that videos are easily understood by users, regardless of auditory ability.

     

   • Enhanced Audio Description: Make your institution compliant with Title II accessibility standards by using the Video Compliance Player’s detailed pause-and-play audio descriptions that foster an inclusive viewing experience.

     

   • Video Chaptering: Automatically break up long videos into smaller sections to make dense, information-packed videos easier to navigate, review, and understand.

     

2. Apply Settings Across Multiple Courses or Sub Accounts With One Click

   Admins, sub‑admins, and instructors can now apply the same Course Settings to multiple courses or sub-accounts at once. This eliminates the need to update courses or sub accounts individually, allowing users to save time and avoid duplications, inaccuracies, and inconsistencies.

   

3. Effortlessly Manage Panorama Add-On Credit Usage

   Panorama now provides admins with a data table clearly detailing add-on credit usage for AutoPilot and Structural Remediation. With this feature update, users will be able to manage add-on credit usage across the institution, assign credit limits for roles, and assign individual credit limits for users. With filtering, sorting, and export options, this consolidated data table simplifies credit management and helps ensure Panorama add-on products are being used in accordance with your institution’s specific needs.

   In AutoPilot and Structural Remediation Management, users will be able to:

   • Monitor credit usage across roles and users: Admins can see how many credits are assigned to and spent by users, along with the total credits for each role.

   • Assign role credit limits: Admins can change or set credit usage limits for roles. Each user with that role permission receives the set credit limit.

     

   • Assign user credit limits: Alternatively, admins can change or set credit usage limits for individual users. User credit limits override role credit limits.

     

4. Use the New User Simulation Feature to Monitor DocHub Libraries

   Admins can now view and manage the DocHub libraries of other users through the new User Simulation option. This grants admins the ability to monitor the accessibility and compliance levels of other users’ libraries, and permits them to work within other users’ environments. This new organizational governance improvement ensures that the integrity of a user’s library is preserved during the simulation process and unauthorized access into private folders is prevented.

   

5. Marking Images as Decorative now Supported in Word, PowerPoint, and PDF Documents

   Panorama’s inline remediation now lets users mark images as decorative with one click to resolve alt text issues when appropriate. The update is applied directly to the underlying file, so screen readers correctly ignore non-informative images, effectively reducing audible clutter while ensuring that documents are remediated according to compliance standards.

   Users can mark images as decorative in:

   • PDF documents

     

   • Microsoft Word documents

     

   • Microsoft PowerPoint documents

     

6. Easily Update User Emails Without Data Duplication or Loss

   Panorama now allows admins to easily update a user’s email address without manually recreating the user. Admins can quickly make changes to a user’s email field in addition to their first and last name directly within the Roster Management interface, or programmatically through the updateUserInfo API. This preserves all existing data, including roles, reports, and accessibility settings associated with the account, offering an intuitive and simple way to manage user information while eliminating the risk of data duplication or loss.

   

7. Get Insight on Your Institution’s Accessibility Performance Using Comparison Reports

   Admins can now see how their institution measures up against peers with the new Comparison Report feature. The report benchmarks your average accessibility score for the past year against fully anonymized data from other institutions, providing valuable insights on institutional compliance without compromising privacy. Users can also view the average accessibility score of different file formats, the number of issues auto-resolved by AlwaysOn Compliance, and Accessibility Insights. This makes it easier for admins to identify strengths, spot improvement opportunities, and make data-driven decisions to enhance their institution’s performance.

   

8. Manage Permissions Securely with the “ Content Developer” Role

   Institutions can now map the Content Developer role to the Panorama Instructor role. This lets designers improve course accessibility just like instructors, without granting access to admin reports or institution-level settings, and eliminates the need to enroll them as teachers in hundreds of courses. The result is a streamlined workflow, secure role management, and faster accessibility improvements across courses.

   

9. Improved Workflows for Human-Assisted Accessibility Issues

   Panorama now alerts users on edge case accessibility issues that could not be automatically remediated by the Remediation Engine. When an issue like difficult color-contrast requires manual remediation, it will be flagged by the Accessibility Report and identified to users through a pop-up modal. Users will also be provided with contextual guidance, tooltips, and remediation assistance to resolve them. With this new flagging system, users will be able to quickly identify difficult accessibility issues and take prompt action to fix them, in addition to reducing persistent flagging.

   

10. Faster Response Time for Large PDFs

    We’ve optimized the Accessibility Report, Alternative Formats, and Report Viewer functionalities in Panorama to handle large PDF files more efficiently. These performance improvements enhance responsiveness when viewing reports or generating alternative formats for dense course material such as textbooks. With improved responsiveness, large PDFs become easier to review and remediate at scale using Panorama’s accessibility tools.